Safety & Security

Saga Cruises requires passengers to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 at least 14 days ahead of sailing - and is making time for the roll-out by pushing back its cruises to May.

Tracesafe Inc., which produces contact tracing software and wearable devices, has partnered with Tritan Software to develop secure applications for the cruise industry, including medical operations management solutions.

DNV GL will change its name to DNV on March 1, conforming to the way it is frequently referred to by its client base.

AIDA Cruises experienced significant IT problems over Christmas, which led to the cancellation of two Canary Islands cruises by AIDAmar and AIDAperla.

Viking Cruises is among a list of ship operators which has signed up to be first to utilize Wilhelmsen’s Smart Ropes system.

Costa Diadema became the second ship operated by Costa Cruises to resume service in the Mediterranean when she sailed from Genoa Saturday. 

Peter Hutchison was promoted to SVP, deputy chief ethics and compliance officer at Carnival Corp. & plc.